I hate to say it, but Tally seems to have a weaker field this year than in the past 4 years I've been going. I don't think the switch to clay really helped the event field wise at all, they used to get a few guys in the top 100 to play even.

Podgainni is a former FAMU player, Watson won the pre qualifying tourney, Santiago and Carey are youngsters/juniors. Bangoura and Ouelette are former Florida Gators, Aubone is a former FSU Seminole. Lim plays DC for Korea, Gard is a former Ole Miss player, Venus is a former LSU player, Dadamo is a former Texas A&M player and Michalicka is a former Wisconsin player.

Mardy Fish has withdrawn from the 2013 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, citing personal reasons. The former world No. 7 was awarded a wild card earlier this month for the third of three Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Challenge tournaments. We wish him all the best!